Archive for the ‘Medical News’ category

Medical Freelancing Tools, A Peek Behind The Curtain

December 7th, 2009

CMI Interactive focuses on providing science professionals the tools they need to be successful. We are committed to cultivating superior professional relationships with contractors within our healthcare ventures. Through this intermediary role, we recognized the growing interest and need for an interactive knowledge tool.

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We’re giving you guys a peek behind the curtain at some of the tools available to our users. Visit CMI Interactive’s sign up page to take advantage of these medical freelancing tools.

When you log in you are presented with a grid of options on our control panel. Features include our rate calculator, links to our book store, and links to our information sections for business coaching, financial advising, and internet marketing.

Jobs and Contract Opportunities
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Our users want to know about the latest contracts and job opportunities and we offer a constantly updating list of openings all over the United States. Each posting lists the job title, location, date posted, and type of opening.

Book Store
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Our CMI Interactive Book Store are recommendations specifically chosen for CMI Interactive by our Legal author. Interested in a purchase? Simply click through to buy from Amazon.

Rate Calculator
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The rate calculator is a valuable tool that takes your hourly rate and a projected number of hours of work, subtracts common expenses like federal taxes, insurance, and typical business expenses, and presents you with a annual or monthly bring home amount.

Business Experts
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As part of our exclusive partnership with experts in business coaching, executive recruitment, financial advising, legal, tax planning, and web marketing we offer articles that answer frequently asked questions. We even give contact information so you can reach out to our experts directly.

Sound useful? Visit CMI Interactive to sign up.

You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Friendfeed for more tips and info about medical freelancing.

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Senator Grassley Asks About Honesty in Medical Writing

November 19th, 2009

Senator_Chuck_Grassley.jpgSenator Charles Grassley, a moderate conservative republican from Iowa, has been known for his medical research probes. On November 17th Grassley wrote to the top 10 medical schools asking what each school is doing about professors putting their names on ghostwritten articles in medical journals.

“Students are disciplined for not acknowledging that a paper they turned in was written by somebody else,” Mr. Grassley wrote. “But what happens when researchers at the same university publish medical studies without acknowledging that they were written by somebody else?” via NYTimes.com

A few weeks ago we wrote a summary about medical writing and we briefly touched on the controversy surrounding medical writing. Basically the lack of transparency is the core of the issue and Senator Grassley’s letter to the top medical schools specifically asks why plagiarism by professors is any different than plagiarism by students.

Sending letters that ask pointed questions is something Grassley has done several times in the past. In 2007 he sent letters to six tax-exempt ministries asking the ministries to divulge specific information about how their funds were used by the ministry heads. In 2008 Grassley alleged that Alan Schatzberg, the chair of psychiatry at Stanford University, had underreported his investments by over 5 million dollars. The medical schools have until December 8th to answer the letter stating their policies against dishonest ghostwriting.

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Understanding The American Healthcare System

November 4th, 2009

391_lg.jpgPart of our mission at CMI Interactive is to make sure that our science professionals are educated about their industry. It’s important to stay informed on key issues in biotech, health care, medical device, and pharmaceuticals.

As an example of ways to stay informed about current issues in the health care industry, we highly recommend a recent broadcast from the radio show This American Life. In it they discuss the American health care system’s costs and why they continue to rise.

Episode #391: More Is Less (10-9-2009)

An hour explaining the American health care system, specifically, why it is that costs keep rising. One story looks at the doctors, one at the patients and one at the insurance industry.
Here’s a 30 second preview of the episode

Episode #392: Someone Else’s Money (10-16-09)

This week, we bring you a deeper look inside the health insurance industry. The dark side of prescription drug coupons. A story about Pet Health Insurance, which is in its infancy, and how it is changing human behaviors—for example, if you have the pet health insurance, you bring your pet to the vet more often, and the vet makes more money and…well, you can see the parallels. And insurance company jargon, frighteningly decoded.
Here’s a 30 second preview of the episode

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